In the blog she says, "I bet it has mostly to do with the fact that Batman is a confirmed and confident heterosexual."
In this post, I will demonstrate that you would be hard-pressed to find a gayer straight man than Bruce Wayne.
In the 1950s a psychiatrist by the name of Fredric Wertham wrote a book called, "Seduction of the Innocent", where the topic was subtle sexual themes in comic books. As a result of this book being written, parents became very concerned about their children and in response the comic book industry created the CCA ( Comics Code Authority), which would control the content in comic books.
What does this have to do with Batman, you might ask? Well, Fredric Wertham had this to say about the Batman comics.
"The Batman type of story may stimulate children to homosexual fantasies, of the nature of which they may be unconscious" and "Only someone ignorant of the fundamentals of psychiatry and of the psychopathology of sex can fail to realize a subtle atmosphere of homoeroticism which pervades the adventures of the mature 'Batman' and his young friend Robin."
Because of this and the new CCA guidelines, they had to prove Batman wasn't homosexual. This is how Batwoman came into creation.
Why did Fredric Wertham think Bruce was gay? It might have something to do with the following. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so allow me to show you a couple thousand.
So, is my reason for disliking Batman because he isn't 'gay' enough for me. Oh no. It doesn't get much gayer than Batman. Actually, I don't dislike Batman at all. I'm just angry at him for this:
Which ultimately led to Ted getting his brains blown out by Maxwell Lord:
My main beef with Batman is that he's a cold, seemingly unfeeling asshole toward the heroes who are not A-Listers. Even the way he announced Ted's death was cruel.
I know Bruce has feelings and I also know that he doesn't wear them on his sleeve, but COME ON! A large part of why Ted died is because of him, and that's how he handles it?
Shame on you, Bruce. Shame on you!
"I will demonstrate that you would be hard-pressed to find a gayer [u]straight[/u] man than Bruce Wayne."
ReplyDeleteSee? You even admit he's heterosexual. Also, he and Robin both state that the costume is red and not pink. The ink was just off.
Yes, he's a heartless, arrogant brute. I agree with you on that. But that's what good leaders need to be, they can't be going around playing favorites. Blue Beetle was silly enough to go off on his own. Hell, even Wonder Woman pulled him aside and told him she believed him, didn't she? That didn't stop Blue Beetle from taking off when he should have taken some backup. ;)
Yes? Yes?
It wasn't about the pink costume (though that was added gay). It was about "FEATURING: Rainbow Batman!
ReplyDeleteI also noticed you didn't comment on the picture of Bruce and Dick sleeping in the same bed. I'd like to know what your take on that is.
Good leaders don't need to be heartless or brutes. Superman is a good example of this.
Also, if Ted hadn't gone off and discovered what he did, when he did the consequences could have been catastrophic (see Booster Gold: Blue and Gold in which Booster removes Ted from a pivotal moment in Omac Projects timeline).
As for Wonder Woman believing him, this post has nothing to do with why I don't like Wonder Woman. I do. She was the only A-lister that gave Ted or Booster the time of day (she was also the only one who gave Booster any support at Ted's funeral).
But even so, she didn't go with Ted either, did she?
Really there was no body who was willing to stop what they were doing and take Ted seriously. He had to go alone. Booster would have gone, but he was laid out in the hospital.
:p